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How do git recognize conflicts?

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KKKwonHyun Kim <kwonhyun.kim@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 5, 2024, 14:10 UTC
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 Hi, there.
 At first, I thought it's determined by line.
 But as I experimented, it does not look so.
 Here's what I experimented
 merge-base ====
 hi all
 branch BrA ===
 hi everyone
 branch BrB ===
 hi all
 good to see you
 when I merge BrB from BrA, I get conflicts.
 but the first line is only changed in BrA,
 and BrB added a line so there is no reason to have a conflict...
 that's what i think
 and I wonder the algorithm how git recognizes the conflict... or how
git automerges...
 I searched internet, git documentation but to no avail.
 Thank you in advance
 KwH Kim
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